Places That Count: Traditional Cultural Properties in Cultural Resource Management (Heritage Resource Management Series)
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| Rating | : | 4.21 (626 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0759100713 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 350 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-10-24 |
| Language | : | English |
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. King has worked in historic preservation since the mid-1960's as an academic, a contractor, and a government official. Thomas F. He is the author of Cultural Resource Laws and Practice: An Introductory Guide (AltaMira Press, 1998) and Federal Planning and Historic Places: The Section 106 Practice (AltaMira Press,2000) and many other book, articles, and monographs. During 1977-79 he organized histor
Responsible for coining the term to describe places of community-based cultural importance, Thomas King now revisits this subject to instruct readers in TCP site identification, documentation, and management. This is a must-read for anyone involved in historical preservation, cultural resource management, or community development.. Places That Count offers professionals within the field of cultural resource management (CRM) valuable practical advice on dealing with traditional cultural properties (TCPs). With more than 30 years of experience at working with communities on such sites, he identifies common issues of contention and methods of resolving them through consultatio
"Eye opening reading" according to Like Books and Movies. Very interesting overview of the world's people and culturals. Great for college students if they want to really learn about how the rest of the world's people live.. "Another Must Have" according to Rlene S. Steffy. Archaeologist and others who work with traditional cultural properties in Micronesia regard Tom King as the god of traditional cultural properties. King's book explains why.
As a cultural resource manager who has worked and struggled with Traditional Cultural Properties for years, Tom King's new book puts many of my past experiences into perspective and provided new ideas and insights for future practice. (Darby Stapp, Hanford Cultural Resources Laboratory, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory)Places that Count aims to help members of the heritage preservation community understand and recognize traditional cultural places in all their kaleidoscopic and culturally variegated forms. King knows preservation laws and regulations perhaps better than any one in the country, and is keenly aware that,